Teams & Riders Chris Froome Discussion Thread.

[Krzysztof_O]

Only 6 minutes down to Almeida, who was redlining. Not bad for a Z2 ride! This is the year of #5.

 

[Froome]

Only 6 minutes down to Almeida, who was redlining. Not bad for a Z2 ride! This is the year of #5.

Team classification, after doing z2 and not even trying.

The dawg is back and hungry more. Hard miles pays off.

 

[Red Rick]

I struggle to believe this thread is still going. It ceased to be funny years ago

 

[AmRacer]

I struggle to believe this thread is still going. It ceased to be funny years ago

6 months to go

 

[Tim Cahill]

If it was a provincial bakery sponsoring his team because they just love cycling then it would be sad. Him conning some narcissistic billionaire out of 25 million whilst riding around in the gruppetto saying the sensations are returning for the last 5 years is just hilarious, if anything the joke is even funnier now than it was in 2021. I can't bring myself to be feel opprobrium, I simply don't give anywhere near enough of a *** for that.

 

[Unchained]

I struggle to believe this thread is still going. It ceased to be funny years ago

I think most things are posted in jest, trying to inject some fun in subjects that can't be.
So to be serious, his team couldn't possibly look at overall squad and pick Froome for anything further. In good faith and clear heart pick Chris for anything, use up a spot and opportunity for a deserving rider, which Froome is not,
let him do some Africa or China, Taiwanese events get some fanfare farewell stuff..they can't be serious about registration in real races, that count.

 

[Red Rick]

I think most things are posted in jest, trying to inject some fun in subjects that can't be.
So to be serious, his team couldn't possibly look at overall squad and pick Froome for anything further. In good faith and clear heart pick Chris for anything, use up a spot and opportunity for a deserving rider, which Froome is not,
let him do some Africa or China, Taiwanese events get some fanfare farewell stuff..they can't be serious about registration in real races, that count.

May be some contractual stipulations for WT riders to ride an x amount of WT races

 

[Unchained]

If it was a provincial bakery sponsoring his team because they just love cycling then it would be sad. Him conning some narcissistic billionaire out of 25 million whilst riding around in the gruppetto saying the sensations are returning for the last 5 years is just hilarious, if anything the joke is even funnier now than it was in 2021. I can't bring myself to be feel opprobrium, I simply don't give anywhere near enough of a *** for that.

In the US we have some Hollywood humor stuff, were an actor or celebrity gets installed in a game for moment of levity, all the players and fans know it's for fun, just a joke..

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2zthfWPzsM4&pp=ygUdd2lsbCBmZXJyZWxsIHBsYXlpbmcgYmFzZWJhbGw%3D

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lfjUWEDndhw&pp=ygUbV29vZHkgaGFybGVzb24gdG91ciBkZSBsaXRl

 

[Unchained]

May be some contractual stipulations for WT riders to ride an x amount of WT races

Likely true, but TDF? Vuelta? Can't include Froome and be taken seriously as professional organization.

 

[SHAD0W93]

In the US we have some Hollywood humor stuff, were an actor or celebrity gets installed in a game for moment of levity, all the players and fans know it's for fun, just a joke..

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2zthfWPzsM4&pp=ygUdd2lsbCBmZXJyZWxsIHBsYXlpbmcgYmFzZWJhbGw%3D

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lfjUWEDndhw&pp=ygUbV29vZHkgaGFybGVzb24gdG91ciBkZSBsaXRl

Froome can always appear on WWE when it’s in the UK.

 

[Unchained]

Froome can always appear on WWE when it’s in the UK.

Cycling skin suits are not that far off from wrestling uniforms!!! Lol

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Froome can always appear on WWE when it’s in the UK.

Well, Froome did try Sumo wrestling back in the day. Never quite made Yokuzuna level I believe.

 

[aruipksni]

just remembered - Chris scored is first 5 PCS points this year!
he still need to work harder in order to get UCI points.

 

[Izzyeviel]

just remembered - Chris scored is first PCS 5 points this year!
he still need to work harder in order to get UCI points.

15 million euros for 8 UCI points in three years. Would it really have hurt to him to switch back to being kenyan so he could pick some up in the national champs?

 

[Pozzovivo]

15 million euros for 8 UCI points in three years. Would it really have hurt to him to switch back to being kenyan so he could pick some up in the national champs?

Like he would have any chance to compete for high placings in the Kenyan championship RR.

 

[Izzyeviel]

He would only need to finish in top 10/15 to score points. I don't think kenya has that many cyclists.

 

[Panda Claws]

Wait.
Froome's 3rd place on Alpe d'Huez was in 2022?
I could have sworn it was last year.
Yeah it's over. Crazy how he never followed up on that at all.

 

[CyclistAbi]

So, selected for the Tour, or not?

 

[Izzyeviel]

So, selected for the Tour, or not?

Sibiu? Not this year. Arctic tour? maybe

 

[SHAD0W93]

It’s times like these I miss the Tour of Beijing so Guangxi will have to suffice. Even then Froome would struggle to finish top 90.

 

[Pozzovivo]

Sibiu? Not this year. Arctic tour? maybe

I honestly think he's going to Siubu Tour. He did so last year and ISP is attending the race.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

So, selected for the Tour, or not?

This selection can even decide the Tour. Hopefully IPT won't kill cycling again, we need the strongest guy at the start.

 

[rallybanana]

If nothing else, we need Froome at the tour for his mountain rescue skills

Froome and Gilbert rescue Tour de France fan from ravine

Chris Froome and Philippe Gilbert helped rescue a fan from a ravine after the spectator crashed while descending after Stage 17 of the Tour de France

www.tntsports.co.uk

 

[benzwire]

Do you mean compete without any training? Seems difficult, though maybe the gruppetto isn't that hard for a natural WT level climber and he adapts to the volume very quickly.

If he trained for it and came back I see no reason why he couldn't at least be a mid level climbing domestique.

I mean take Alberto, right now as-is, throw him in the peloton on a climbing stage, and see how he does versus Froome specifically. I doubt Contador would finish too close to him, but who knows. He looks like he's kept up his fitness pretty well. Froome seems to be a shell of his former self. I get the polarization he creates, but it's his choice to take the payday in exchange for tarnishing his legacy I guess. He still won all those races, maybe he wants to ensure he has a more certain financial future. I don't think these guys are as well off as many think. I'm sure many here would do the same if in his shoes.

 

[Rackham]

I mean take Alberto, right now as-is, throw him in the peloton on a climbing stage, and see how he does versus Froome specifically. I doubt Contador would finish too close to him, but who knows. He looks like he's kept up his fitness pretty well. Froome seems to be a shell of his former self. I get the polarization he creates, but it's his choice to take the payday in exchange for tarnishing his legacy I guess. He still won all those races, maybe he wants to ensure he has a more certain financial future. I don't think these guys are as well off as many think. I'm sure many here would do the same if in his shoes.

A counter-example would be Bardet who had a different sort of send-off last week when the peloton did a sort of guard of honor for him before his final stage in the Dauphiné. He's also much younger than Froome and he retired because he could no longer win.

So whilst it's difficult to condemn Froome for his greed (who knows, maybe Froomey is an anti-hero or something for taking Adams' money), he's definitely not helped his image - at all.

He's a long way from guys like Indurain who stepped off the bike because his moment had come. And Froome was no Valverde either, i.e. it was abundantly clear he was cooked 5 years ago and wouldn't come close to winning anything (despite praise for his Alpe state in the 2022 TdF, he was still nowhere near winning that day).